Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

W. E. CATLIN. NE'GKTIE FASTENER.

No. 606,122. Patented June 21, 1898.

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NITE STATES ATENT FMQE NECKTIE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,122, dated June 21 1898.

Application filed March 2 2,1 8 9 7.

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. CATLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Ellyn, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Necktie, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neckties.

The object of the invention is to provide means for preventing the necktie from riding and also to prevent the same from shifting circularly around the neck of the wearer.

The invention consists substantially in the construction, combination, location, and relative arrangement of parts, all as will be more fully hereinafter-set forth, as shown in the drawings, and finally specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings and to the various views and reference signs appearing thereon, Figure 1 is a detached detail view, slightly in perspective, of a detachable fastening device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a broken detail sectional view illustrating the application to a neckband of a tie of the form of fastener shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view showing another slightly-modified arrangement embodying my invention. Fig. 4 is a detached detail view, slightly in perspective, of the reverse face or side of the fastener shown in Fig. 8.

In the use of neckties, and particularly that style of neckties wherein neckbands are employed which encircle the neck or collar of the wearer, it is desirable to provide against the riding or working up or down of the tie and also to provide against any sidewise movement or movement circularly with re spect to the collar or neck. It is the purpose of my invention to secure these desirable ends in an exceedingly simple and efficient manner, and in the accompanying drawingsI have shown various ways in which the principles of my invention may be carried into practical effect.

I have shown my invention as applied to a necktie which may be of any style or type employing a neckband B, adapted to" be passed around the neck or collar of the wearer.

In the form of the invention shownin Figs. 1 and 2 I form one or more buttonholes in a separate piece of cloth or other suitable material, which is suitably looped, stitched, or

Serial No. 628,568. (No model.)

otherwise secured around staples or wires K, having bent and pointed ends, as shown, which ends may be caused to engage at any desired point upon the inside of the neckband B or the inside facing or lining E thereof.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the separate detachable piece J, in which the buttonhole is formed, is provided at the ends thereof with suitable hooks L, and upon the inside of the neckband B of the tie or the inside facing or lining E thereof I provide a series of transverselyarranged loops M, with which said hooks detachably engage, as clearly shown.

Thus it will be seen that I provide a construction wherein the piece in which the buttonhole is formed may be easily and readily adjusted lengthwise of the neckband as may be desired. By the arrangement above described I provide against disarrangernent of the tie either by movement circularly around the collar or neck of the wearer or by riding or rising up upon the collar. It will also be seen that I provide for holding the same tie from disarrangement, as above indicated, when used on different sizes of necks or collars, and this is an important feature, as ties constructed in accordance with my invention may be manufactured and sold in quantities and retailedindiscriminatelyto persons whose necks differ in size and who wear different sizes of collars, for whatever the size of the neck or collar the piece H or J, in which the buttonhole is formed, may be readily adjusted to a point where the collar-button at the rear of the shirt-collar may be engaged in the buttonhole in said piece. Moreover, it will be seen that in a tie embodying my invention I am enabled to secure a desirable range of adjustment of the bow part of the tie in that class of ties which are tied by the wearer in order to shift the bow to a point where soiled portions of the tie may be concealed and a fresh surface of the bow presented, thereby increasing the life of the tie and'presenting a clean, fresh, tidy appearance. By arranging the bottonhole in piece II or J lengthwise of the band a desirable range of lateral adjustment of the bow is'permitted within the limits of the length of the buttonhole, while at the same time preventing undue sidewise or lateral displacement of the bow.

Again it will be seen that I provide against sidewise disarrangement of the tie in that class of ties where in order to effect a tying of an even neat how one of the tying ends should be longer than the other. This result is attained by so arranging the detachable piece I-I orJ relative to the length of the neckband that when the back collar-button is inserted in the buttonhole in said piece the desired difference in length of the tying ends is secured, and either end of the tie may be the long end by simply reversing the tie end for end or by adjusting the position of the detachable piece in which the buttonhole is formed.

It will also be seen that in the construction above described the collar-button will not show through to the outside of the neckband, and by employing an inside facing or lining, to which the piece II may be secured in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or to which the loops M are secured in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, I avoid injury to the tie proper,

and when the facing or lining is worn out it may be readily replaced by a new one, thus increasing the life of the tie.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I provide an exceedingly simple arrangement for preventing the necktie from working or riding up or down or sidewise wherein different sizes of collars or necks are provided for and wherein desirable adjustment is permitted.

I am aware that it is old to provide an elongated opening in the necliband of ties to receive the back collar-button; but in such case the disarrangement of the tie sidewise or circularly with respect to the collar of the wearer is not provided against, and, moreover, such prior constructions involve a special construction of the neckbancl in order to enable such elongated opening to be formed therein.

I am also aware that it is old to provide various forms of metallic fastening-plates to be attached in various manners to the neckband; but such plates are objectionable in practice for the reason that they do not readily conform to the shape or contour of the collar around which the tie is arranged, and no provision is made for applying the same tie to dilferent sizes of collars, and hence requiring a special size of fastener for each size of collar. I do not, therefore, claim such construction as of my invention; but,

Having now stated the object and nature of my invention and the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, what I claim as new and useful and of my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A necktie having a band, a supplemental piece of fabric adapted to be detachably attached thereto on the inside thereof, means whereby said supplemental piece of fabric maybe adjusted lengthwise of said band, said supplemental piece provided with a buttonhole arranged to extend in the direction of length of the neckband, into which the head of the collar-button may be received, whereby the necktie may fit any size of collar and may be held against lateral and vertical displacement and the head of the collar-button be concealed without injury to the neckband of the tie, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A necktie having aband, a series of loops formed transverely across the inside thereof, and a supplemental piece having a buttonhole worked therein and having the ends thereof adapted to engage said loops, as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 20th day of March, 1897, in the pres ence of the subscribing witnesses.

VVI'LLIAM E. CA'ILIN.

Vitnesses:

S. E. DARBY, S. HU'ICIIISON. 

